diff --git a/plugins/configure.ac b/plugins/configure.ac
index 884fd32134cc7d36581a2c417e54d74cdaa5c5cc..f9dda8b5e6367a33a656ce8c6575be50d2300f95 100644
--- a/plugins/configure.ac
+++ b/plugins/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 dnl GCONF utilities
 AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-2.0 > 2.2)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, gtk+-3.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= 2.2)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBEBOOK, libebook-1.2 >= 1.4)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBEDATASERVER], [libedataserver-1.2 >= 2.32],